St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1887-11-26
The Official Returns of the
Election Very Slow in
Coming In.
Gen. Campbell Claims 10000
Majority and Will Keep
Up the Fight.
Interview With and Gossip
About GiffOrd--Genepal
Dakota News.
Special to the Globe.

| Special to the Globe.
| ABERDEEN, Nov. 25.-The admission
aS-a-WhOle convention, to lie held in
| Aberdeen the 18th of next month, is en-
dorsed almost unanimously in this city.
Col. Plummer is the only prominent adj
vocate of division here, and, as the in
formation relative to the light vote, bare
majority and possibility for defeat
of division comes rolling in, the colonel
wears a long face and bears every in
dication of having wished that he had
remained in the jungles of Trail county,
instead of spending his time making
free division speeches in the southern
part of the territory. The reasons in
main, which are advanced by the bust
ness men of Aberdeen for supporting
the divisi on movement are that the de-
mand for statehood is Imperative; that
Eastern congressman and SenatOrS-Re-
publicanS and DemOcratS-dO not favor
division, and that urging it simply de-
lays admission. Others are heartily OPP
posed to admission for reasons too nu-
merOus to mention. A goOdly number,
who two years ago voted for the pre-
mature constitution born at Sioux Falls,
are now as ardent in
OPPOSING ANY DIVISION MOVE
as the oldest anti-divisiOnist. Even men
who have conscientiOusly believed that
it is to the best interests of Dakota to be
admitted as two states instead of one,
now say that there iS-in view of the
light division VOte-nO possible show
for division; hence they join in the adj
mission vote.
Aberdeen is accused OF having selfish
motives in pushing this move. 1t must
be admitted that, to a certain extent, it
has; but that it has any designs upon
the capitol is purely an eXaggeratiOn.
Aberdeen'S ambition is of commercial
nature. Its people feel that state line
just north of it would, in a great meas
ure, interfere with the building of
north and south and diagonal lines of
road. as the state line would also be the
line upon which roads would divide
their business. This is demonstrated
by the fact that the Northern Pacific
has never crossed the fOrty-siXth par
allel, although it could have done so to
good advantage. The Minneapolis &
Pacific is similarly situated, and it was
only recently that the Manitoba
BROKE THROUGH THE CHINESE WALL
constructed at Aberdeen's door by few
ambitious politicians. The same may
be said of roads building toward the
north, although OF late the line has
been disregarded by the southern roads.
Railroads, not state buildings, are what
Aberdeen is after.
1t has been charged that the call for
this convention originated with Aber-
deems citizens. This is not true, al
though the movement originated here.
1t seems that day or two after election
there CHANGED to be quite number of
representative men in this city. They
were discussing the vote upon division.
and in view of the extremely
small vote cast for division, it was gen
orally expressed that division was for
ever cooked, and the call of the Aber-
deem convention was at once decided
upon. Accordingly j. Q. A. Braden,
of this city, was designated as secre-
tary, and the blank calls for signatures
were sent out by him, and are now being
returned to him. Generally speaking,
they are pretty well signed, especially
in the northern and central counties.
The number of signatures being re-
ceived in tn southern portion is surpris-
ing. There may be some counties
where the calls fall into the hands of
rank disunionists. which will not re-
Spond with usignatures, as no Opportu-
nifty will be given the farmers and bust
ness men to sign.